MARDAN: A local court on Saturday awarded death penalty and imposed a fine of Rs50,000 on a murder convict.

Additional district and sessions judge Ms Anbreen Naveed found Mustaqeem Khan guilty of killing his neighbour, Jawad, over a monetary dispute.

The convict has also remained in prison for seven years with a fine of Rs50,000 in another case.

Court officials said that the convict remained absconder for about 10 years after committing the murder on October 25, 2003, and was arrested on March 4, 2013.

The court order stated that the man had the right to appeal in high court against the judgment of the sessions court.

Published in Dawn, October 26th, 2014